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Remarkable Ocurrences. South Seas
Light gentle breezes & clear wea.r PM saw one of the same sort of Birds as we saw last Saturday, these birds are of a dark brown or Chocolate Colour with some white feathers under their wings & are as big as Ravens. Mr Gore says that they are in great plenty at Point Egmont in Falklands Islands & for that reason calls them Port Egmont Hens. saw a great many porporsses[sic] large & small, the small ones had white bellies & noses. AM saw 2 Port Egmont Hens, a Seal, some sea weed & a piece of wood with Barnacles upon it. __________________________________________________ Little wind & fine pleasant wea.r saw some Seals sea weed & Port Egmont Hens PM Variation per Azm.th 12º:50' E.t per Amp.d 12º .40' AM per Azm.th 14:2 E.t the difference is 1º.3' & the Ship has only gone 9 Leagues in the Time the Colour of the water appears to be paler than common & hath been so far some days past this makes us sound frequently but can find no ground with 180 fa m of Line __________________________________________________
Gentle breezes & settled wea.r at 2 PM saw land from the Mast head bearing WbN which we stood directly for & could but just see it of the Deck at sunset Variat.on per Azm.th & [ note left] - Make the Land of New Zealand Amp.d 15º.4½ E.t by observ.on of the Sun & Moon made this afternoon the Long.de of the Ship is 180º:55' W.t by the mean of these & subsequent observations the Error of the Ships account in Long.de from Georges Island is 3º:16' that is so much to the Westw.d of the Long.de resulting from the Log which is what is inserted in the Columns.at Midnight brought too & sounded but had no ground with 170 fam at daylight made sail in for the Land at Noon it bore from SW to NWbN dist.t 8 Leagues - Lat.de obs.d : 38:57 S.º __________________________________________________ Gentle breezes & clear wea.r at 5 pm seeing the opening of a Bay that appear'd to run pretty far inland hauld our wind & stood in for it, but as soon as night came on we kept plying on & off until day light when we found ourselves to leeward of the Bay the wind being at N.º By Noon we fetchd in with the SW.t point but not being able to weather it we tacked & stood off. we saw in the Bay several Canoes. People upon the Shore & some houses in the Country. The land on the Sea Coast is high with white Steep Cliffs & back inland are very high Mountains the face of the Country is of a hilly surface & appears to be cloathed with wood & Verdue __________________________________________________
Gentle breezes & Clear wea.r PM stood into the Bay & anch.d on the NE side before the Entrance of a small River in 10 fam a fine sandy bottom the NE point of the Bay bore EbS ½S the SW.t point S.º dist.ce from the Shore half a League after this I went ashore with a party of men in the Pinnace & yawl accompanied by Mr. Banks & Dr. Solander we landed abreast of the ship & on the E.t side of the River just mentioned but seeing some of the Natives on the other side of the River of whom I was desirous [note left- ]Coventry bay
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